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A Biomimetic Approach for the Creation of Two‐Dimensional Microscale Surface Patterns: Creation of Isolated Immunological Synapses

2009; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2009; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2009/821308

1687-8795

Eric Stern, David Mooney, Tarek M. Fahmy,

Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications

Current efforts in surface functionalization have not produced a robust technique capable of creating specific two-dimensional microscale geometrical arrays composed of multiple proteins. Such a capability is desirable for engineering substrates in sensing and cell patterning applications where at least two different protein functionalities in a specific configuration are required. Here we introduce a new approach for the creation of arrays of microscale geometries. We demonstrate our approach with a biomimetic structure inspired by the immunological synapse, a cell-cell interfacial structure characterized by two concentric rings of proteins: an outer adhesion protein structure and an inner recognition ligand core. The power of the technique lies in its ability to pattern any protein in any defined geometry as well as to create arrays in parallel.